Package-tie.



.l. TOSTA.

PACKAGE TIE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 30, 1914.

1,171,906. Patented Feb. 15, 1916.

THE CDLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH 60., WASHINGTON, D- c UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOAO TOSTA, 0F LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO THOMAS T. MELLO, 0F LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS.

PACKAGE-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Feb.15,1916.

Application filed December 30, 1914. Serial No. 879,637.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J 0A0 TOSTA, a subject of the King of Portugal, residing at Lowell, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Package-Ties, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates toimprovements in letter holders for packages, one object of the invention being the provision of a device for carrying the string for tying the package and which at the same time will provide a means for receiving and holding a letter close upon the package.

A further object of the present invention. is the provision of a holder made from a single strand of wire and bent to provide a cord attaching means and at the same time provide a letter receptacle so that the metal fastener will be disposed exteriorly of the letter to hold the same frictionally upon the package.

iVith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of What is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawingsFigure 1 is a perspective view of a parcel post package showing the present device in operable relation thereto. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the metal holder per se.

Referring to th drawings, A designates the metal holder which is made from a single strand of wire and .is bent to provide the Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissionenof Patents,

is parallel to the hook 3 and is itself provided with the straight member 6 terminating in the substantially S-shaped hooks 7 and 8, which in turn has a straight end 9.

In putting the present invention into practice one terminal of the cord 10 is connected to the hook 2 and is then brought around the package 11 in the usual manner, said cord being brought over the holder A so as to hold the same closely down upon the package 11, the opposite terminal of the cord being attached to the S-shaped hooks 78 and drawn tightly thereupon so as to hold the parts in position shown in Fig. 1. The letter L is then slipped beneath the cord and between the hooks 3 and 3 so as to be held with the bridging member 4 at the rear thereof and with the remaining portion of the holder exteriorly thereof.

lVith this device it will be noted that the holder properly retains the cord 10 in position and is itself held downwardly and flush upon the package so that the two hooks connected by the bridging member 4 form a clamp or grip to receive the letter which is thus held against turning movement and consequently against accidental displacement or loss.

What is claimed is:

The herein described package tie, made from a single piece of wire and bent to provide a cross bar, two U-shaped members, one at each end of and at right angles to the cross bar, the longer terminals of the U-shaped members being projected beyond the cross bar and bent inwardly toward a common point, one terminating thereat in a hook, while the other is bent away from the cross bar at right angles. and a hook formed upon the free end of the last right angled portion.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

J OAO TOSTA.

Witnesses:

ANTONIO Sumo, THOMZAS T. MELLo.

Washington, D. G. 

